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FROM THE DUTCH PAPERS. PA Is, MAY 23.—A new Bulletin was published here; to-day, of which the following is a copy :--- EIGHTH BULLETIN OF THE 'FRENCH ARMY: The people of Vienna praise the Archduke REI-- NIEU. He was Governor of Vienna, but when the revolutionary measure ordered by the Emperor Fa4Ncts 11. came to his knowledge, he refused to retain the Guvernineut. The Archduke MAXIMI• WAN was therefore appointed in his'stead. This young Prince, who displayed all the thoughtlessness that could be suppo4A to belong to his age, de d ed !hat he would bury himself under the ruins of the town. He collet:ted together all the restless, the indolent, and the worthleais, of whom there is alwoys .a multitude in a great city, furnished them i.‘ikes, and distributed all the arms which were in the arsenal. In vain did the inhabitants represent to him that a great city raised by infinite labour and expence to solii6ha pitch of grandeur; ought not to be ex posed to the horrors and devastation with which *Aar is atcompanied. These representations, ever, only excited his passion, and his fury rose to such a height that he gave no other answer but the order to fire bombs and howitzers on the suburbs which could Lill the inhabitants only, as the French were pro►eF.led by their fortifications, and ctiuld derive a (antler security from the practice of War. The people of Vienna experienced the most pain= lot anxiety, and the' town was believed to be de veted to tiestruaion, when the Emperor NAPOLEON, Lii'd the capital iron) the evils of a protracited de fenee, by rendering all defence evidently useless, or dered the troops to cross the arm of the Danube, a,nd to take possesson aft a Prater. At eight o'clock an,offieer informed the Archduke that a bridge was established at that quarter, that great number of the French had crossed by swim ming, and were already on that side of the river.— At this news the hot-headed Prince grew pale, and was titled with terror. He passed the Prater in all haste; sent every battalion he met back by the bridge, and made his escape without having formed any ar rangement for the defence of the town, and even without transferring to any person the command which he was abandoning. This however was the verysaMeinan who but an hour before had boldly pretended that he would bury himself under the ruins of the capital, The fate of HOuse of Loraine was foreseen by air ieteili i ;eut persons, tho' in other respects of the most (Tpo,ite o v iniOLIS.—MANFREDINI obtained an audp..rivo ot .he Emperor, in which he represented to t Ais war would long weigh heavy on his CAlseienco, that it would bring about the downtaltof H :int; that iriu French would soon be al Pon ! I'oh !" replied the Emperor, " are ail in Spain." eettr, in pursuance of the confidence which tie f,tepet p fortnerly placed in him, took the li be, of neiking repeated tepresontations. 'the Prince de Witte said tdoed-,--" I thought I w.is old ee . :Jegh nut to have outlived the Austrian Alin:at:l9,l." And when the Old Count . WALLIS the Etleitiox set out to join the army, he said, " there is DAetus running to meet an ALEXANDER : be will eieierieuce the same fate." Cflon Lawts Vow COBENTZE!, the chief pro miner of the war of 1406, was at this time lying on Ins death bed ; but 24 hours before he expired, 1w addressed a vigorous and animated letter to the Eloperor" Your Majesty," he wrote, " ought to consider yourself as fortunate, with resped to the situation in which the Peace of Presburgh has placed you. You are in the second rank among the powers of Europe, which is the satne that your ancestors occupied. Avoid a war for which no pro vocation is given, and which will produce the ruin ,tif your house. NAPOLEON will conquer, and will ,then have the right to be inexorable," &c.—This last ad of Count COBENTZEL rendered his departing moments truly interesting. The Prince of Ztzioinoar, Minister for Foreign Affairs—several statesmen, who, like him, remain ed free from the contagion and fatal blindneil of the moment---several other persons of distindion, and ill that were respeflable nmong the Burghers, enter tained the same sentiments, and spoke in the same manner. But the wounded pride of the Emperor FRANCIS IL—the hatred at the Archduke CHARLES against Russis, Enid the displeasure with which he viewed the close union between that Empire and France— g,ild of .Fogland, which had purchased the .111i niStet STADION—the! levity and inconsiderateness of borne duze;is ut w ,men, or effeminate men—the deoe.ptioni and No reports of Count METEENICH— the ion:lgues of the BAzumov , SKIS, the DALPOZIOS, the SEHLYGELi, 'he GENTZCS, and other adien. turers, tel,plo En4hnd tonntains for the purpose of sowing d , :;,(4,:..1 On 14 0 . Cuntirnent, have promoted this lotAlsh 44. • Before the trawl were victonous in tie new, it wa Said that they wet e few in number that there were no more of them in Germany ; that the corps consisted entirely •of conscripts ; that the cavalry were without horses ; that the Imperial Guard had mutinied, and that the Parisians were in insoriediun against the Emperor NAPOLEON. After we had conquered, however, the French 40tny was innumerable ; it never was formed of sore veteran or braver troops; the attachment of • the soldiers to the Emperor NAPOLEON tripled and quadrupled their force ; the cavalry was . well mounted, numerous and formidable; the artillery was better served than that of any other nation, and moved with the rapidity of lightning, &c. &c. Weak Princes ! Corrupt . Cabinets ! ignorant, fickle, besotted mei) ! Such are the snares which England has these fifteen years constantly spread for you, and into which you still readily fail. But the catastrophe you prepared is at length developed, and the peace of the Continent is for ever secured. 'Yesterday the Einpei or reviewed Gen. NANsour's division of heavy cavalry. He bestowed much praise . on the appearance of this fine division, which, after so severe a campaign, exhibited .5000 horses in Order of battle. His Majesty tilled up the vacancies by new appointments, and bestowed the title of Ba ron, with an estate, on the bravest Officer, and the . decoration of the Legion of Honour, with 1200 franks, on the bravest Cuirassier of each regiment. --:-We found at Vienna 500 pieces of cannon, a vast number of gun-carriages and muskets, a great quan- . tity. of powder, abundance of ready maa'milhary ac coutrements, and a heap of bullets and cast iron. Oaly ten house,. were destroyed during the bom bardment. The people of Vitntia remarked, that this misfortune had justly fallen on, those who were the most zealous promoters of the war, and they perceived then that General Atinacossv direded the batteries. The appointment of this General to the Govern ment of Vienna, has proved highly satisfaaory to all the inhabitants. He had left behind in the capital an honourable recolleaion, bud crijoya th getteral respe6l of the people. A few days rest have greatly benefited the army and the weather is now so tine, we have scarce:,any sick. The wine distributed to the troops is in buy dance, and of excellent quality. The Austrian Government has made asfoniShing' efforts for the support of this war. It is calcutted' that the preparations have cost above 300 millions in paper money. The mass of hills in circulation exceeds in value 1500 rnillioi s . The . Court of Vienna has carried off the plates of this son of assipaia, for which a parts of the onn ei of the monarchy are mortgaged, that . i 4 to say, their security is a properly ahnolit over which the holder of the paper ria,e nu courronl. . While a paper money which the public could not re jeol, and which daily increased to value, was widely multiplied, the Court, chrough the bankers at Vienna, bought up ail the gold that could be pro-• cured,.and sent it to a loreign wintry. ,A month has scarcely elapsed since chests lull ut twin ducats, sealed with the lutperi.rl seal, .were forwitrkleci by the North of Germany to Holland. OftUER, t. The militia, called ttw Landwelier, is disbanded. 1. A general amnesty is granted to all Witt) bt:10114 to the said militia, and who shall return to their homes at the farthest within 14 days atter the entrance of our troops into t he territory in which they have been raised. 3. 11 the officers do not return within the alotesaid lime, their houses shall be burnt, and their property declared fur.. kited. Q. The villages which have furnished men tor this title called the Landwcher, shall be bound to recal them, and to deliver up the arni they placed in their hods. s. The Commandants of the several Provinces are charged with the necessary measures for me execution of thii,decree. In our Imperial Palace, at Sclwettbrubn ► May 4 (signed) NAPOLEON. By order of the Emperor. A LE XANDER, Prince of Neurclutel, Mujor. General. • Two Decrees 'of the Emperor NAPOLEON hai,•o just been published. They are both dated bon, April 514. The first abolishes the Teutonic Order in all the States of the Confederation of the Rhine. All the property and domains of that Order are united to the domains of the Princes in whose states the same may be included. The Princes to pension such of their subjects as are Metnbers of the Order. Front this favour are however excluded all Who in the pre sent war against France, or the Confederate States, or who, since the declaration of war, have remained in the Austrian . States.--The territory of Mergen theim is united to the Crown of Wurtemberg. The 'second Decree confiscates all the property of Priests and Convents of the Empire, end M of the Teutonic Order, who have not conlim.sed to the 7th and 3 ifit Articles of the At 91 CoiJfedero. Lion, but have served in military or civil copnc-ilios, under the An,trian Government. One of property goes to the Princes oldie Confederation, as an itiderrmifi• ation for the expettees or the war ; the (Ogg halt to the Emperor NAPOLEON, to be applied LONDON, . . FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 11'3119* We this morning received Portuguese. Papers to the 23d nit. We had made several - extrafts from them before we were aware that government had . received Dispatches from Sir AaTitua WRLLESLEY, front which it appears that the details in the Por; , . tuguese. Papers are in a great degree Onfountled.—:. The dispatches from Sir AIITUUIi are dated Oporto the 2110 ult. they state that the atteMpt which he had made to cut off the retreat of SOUL.T had been unsuccessful, and that he could not continue the pursuit with any effeti, unless he had so completely Jiiorganized army, that it would have been ,tlitit for efficient opeintionsfor some time., • Mar - Oa) SOOLT has etleaed his retreat into Gallicia,after ha% ing tom all . art baggage, ammunition, and abnin one-lonvb part of his Army 'in this short campaign. Sir, itaTuve WF.LLaSLOY has begun his march to the southward, in order to carry Imo soon as Sous.r was driten out of Portugal. The retreat or rather the flight of the French was so rapid, that it was found impossible to bring them to a&ion. In one instance our advanced guard, composed principally of detachments of the Guards, came up with the rear of the French, and attacked them with such impt.tuosity, that the French, after a short resistance, tied with precipitation. The French killed or ham -strung all the horses and mules belonging to their baggage waggons and artillery. • The North of Portugal being thus cleared of the French. it is probable that Sir ARTHUR will now dire& his attention to Marshal VicTott, who has so long remained inhaive on the Eastern Frontiers of Porthgal. We cannot close this article without adverting to the illiberal insinuations which have been thrown out respeaing the recent events in Portugal. It has been said, that Sir Aartiva Wai.Litautit has exag- gerated his suceessef and that Ministers have been disposed to attribute too much importance to them. We really du not know what degree of success would satisfy the sanguine expetitations of the Gee.. tlemery who make these candid observations. Sir ARTHUR WELLeSt.er has driven out of Portugal a French army not very inferior to his own in . point of numbers, commanded by one of the best Ge nerals in the French service. Th French army, it is true, iw not taken prisoners, because it tied with it , much precipitation that it was itypostable to overtake it, but it has lost, as we have alitrhaiy stated, out} fourth of its numbers, and all is artillery and bag.. gage —All this has been accomnli , hecl in about tea day., and yet we are told that the Successes of Sir A, WrIaLLESLEY are exaggerated ! ! ! Dispatches were this morning received at t!ie Ad4' mirahy from Admiral CUCtittANE,Ch Slate, that th* Saintes had sur'rendered to our anus, and flat the garrison was nude prisoners of war. We yesterday announced the arrival of the Ph Bulletin of the French Army ; it is given at 100 in our preceding columns.—Accusromed as we have beep, to find in almost every Bulletin • 011 . o cm count of a vitiory gained, and an Alloy annibilittec l P we were gratified that this one is quittsflent nys-r"" ....„ subjeB of military operations: It is tilled It!!! )1)ft most gross and personal abuse •of the Etilperi INAS° cis, the Archdukes CHARLES anci•Msstrstmossi and Count STADIEN; and with the usual declamation about English gold and English perfidy. , Bye an article from Passaii„ dated the. 181 i), nit. it appear!, V* Pal t of General fitzt.sa's corps had ciwsed . the Danube, and eff.'6led a jutr.ition with the Archduke CHARLES j the other part of it has retreated to Hungary. Let' tars from Munich state, that the Bavarians have ob• tained considerable success in the Tyrol. General DEROY, it is said, after a battle of eight hours coo' tiuuance, defeated the Tyrolese, and relieved god'. stein, which was besieged by them. The accounts frOm different parts of the North of Germany ,state, that Colonel Scult.t. is prat4' ing in his plan of operations with the greatest vity. Letters from Lunenburgh of the, alt ' state, that a division of his troops eritered,thSr l : 9 on the gth, made - several requisitioils, • toos, 4l°Wil the French Arms, and placed thoie of o re i t uritein .4 04 in their place. Another division of his troOr rdi entered Weimar, and a third has proceeded to° nil Rostock and Pomerania ; several small detechroe-cit have taken Helmstadt, Saltzgitter, SehopPen ite ar : Halderstadt, and Gosinr ; at the latter tied off the Government money and Pr°P ertP It as powder and lead from the tilagS 2 ine s. g y is supposed that Senna. will soon be in PoS - IQ of Hambureh. 0 place theY o A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the F : r i; reign Office. The greater part of the I Vlc ' ffiu , were present. Yesterday, the anniversary meeting of tile C" r i l ba - Children, belonging to the different -chools itt, metrupolii, took iliae at Si. au 's Cathedral' were assembled upon +lie occasion about 80( S ) fat dren. Although ten from each school were X.eV orl y home, on account of a uu a of children last last year, and, iiotWililfittiliding which regulation;;; or seven girls fainted yesterday, owing 10 ' ht. : iv : and great length of time they were o bliged t°,";:i c er, Their chauntiug the Responses in the Chu lob °`"` j had a very grand effett. The see vice was r` .3 d i eil the Rev. Mr. HAYES, and the sermon was Pr ea , fly by the Rev. C. DAWSti EY. The assemblY A pr floured with the presence of the Duke 0 1. P - # fio ,„ BRIDGE, the Lorin MAVolt, LADY M A YOlt O5 ',. o f veral Aldermen, the Sheriffs, several person s distialion, and there were supposed to be Pr about 18,000 souls. A shocking accident happened yesterdaY oftetirti7i(r in Portland-street, consequence a °I/ 2 11 0 been imprudently left standing by th si c ar d s" f pavement, without a person to take t . s ore er hcirsc : the horse set oft at a gallop, acid i" . $l , l 4 , g iO up the street the cart came in contact t ` t v ir l" : l l,ld ia:;: . coach, in which were Mrs. Wallin, of Cl ut ' e f ili ,.r.' l ' street, a nuriery-M-sid, and two childreo• nage was upset with such velocity, ninth, Sarah Ailum, was kilted on i g tot ! ) , e l two children were dungerously hurt. 111' 44 oi l 0 the carriage AR (emit in pit G . : 5 by la short post. partly to defray the rewards given to the Officers and soldiers who distinguish themselves during the pre- sent campaign. . PASSAU, MAY 111.--4 art of the Austrian army, under General HILLIIR, passed the Danube on the gth, and has joined the Archduke CHARLEI, who was advancing from Bohemia to support the capital. The French troops have already extended them selves towards Moravia : the Austrians in Hungary, are at Reinburg, near Presbnrg, and the French at Regelsbrun. DAvousT is marching towards Bud .weis. PARIS, MAY 25.—We learn from Spain, that General SRBASTIANI occupies the Province of La Mancha. The Duke of BIILLIJNO is at Merida. The o ffi cial accounts from Valladolid of the tith inst. contain an accotant of the dispositions of the Duke of ELCIIINORN, who occupies Galicia, whom General KELLIIRMAN has greatly reinforced at Lugo, with the Duke of TRIM() and General Box- NET. Several columns must by this time have pe netrated into the Asturias, and these measures will complete the deliverance of the whole of the North ern part of Spain. RUSSIAN DECLARATION. Frm the Peterbintrgh Gazette of the zitlt April (sth ?Jay). " The peace between France and Austria, which has Iniasheen wavering, is at length entirely at an end—By the last advices, the Austrian troops have entered the Duchy of Warsaw, and the States of Saxony and Bavaria. " It is thus that the flames of war which had been so lately extinguished upon the Continent have just been rekindled;and, by the force of circumstances, it is necessary that all the Powers of Europe should take up arms again. IL The preparations for war on the part of Atis tria were the first cause' of this mistandetstanding— Russia could not, see these with indifference— Every means were employed from the beginning to put an end to them. The guarantee of Russia . of the integrity of the Austrian Stares was even °tiered, and at the same time it was declared, that in yirthe of the existing allitince with France, every attack upon the p: - essent order of things would be cpnsidered as a viohtion of the rights stipulated by tregies, which ought to be maintained by the force of arms. :Austria not rejeAing the pacific insinuations blade to her, pretended at lint that her measures were . only defensive—that they were occasioned only by the fear of the danger which threatened her; that her intention was not toxstitiertake an offensive war, and that she would not break the peace. E 10.4 have proved of how little value these is sw-ances were: The measures Qt defence which progres►ively increased have changed into offensive measures. In the room of the tear that was ex pressed, ambitions plans have been developed, and the war has broken .out by ,the invasion of foreign St:1104, even before any declaration of war 13 the ac customed form. " Austria,' who knew perfeetly well the conduct which Russia would hold under the present cir cumstances, has determined to renounce her friendship, and rekindle the ,flatnes of war even upon our frontiers, rather than desits' from her pro jetts. " In consequence orders have been given to the Russian Ambassador at Vienna to quit that capital immediately, and it has been declared to the Au strian Ambassador at this Court, that from this Moment his diplotnatic tunetions have ceased, and that all relations are broken off witb him and his Court." VIM IS. • Allit *VIM-1 Lisbon t Dublin. Duz.--2 Gettenburgh t ) tvi a it a , 2 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS !Tuts DAY Ar rwitia o'ctocx. Cot) s s . 68 f I Red. Anti. . 673 T E SU N. •OL/M 41/1.11 DICIIIRZII4I.I{UIS AUDIAT